Leta Powell Drake, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Leta Powell Drake

American broadcaster

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1938

Place of Birth: Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Profession: television presenter

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Leta Powell Drake is an American broadcaster, television producer, screenwriter and television personality who has been a sort of celebrity on Lincoln, Nebraska television who has enjoyed a longtime career in broadcast television as host, producer, writer, announcer and program director there.
During her 60-year professional broadcasting career, she hosted and produced over 10,000 television shows.
She continues hosting Live & Learn, a program for seniors on 5 City TV in Lincoln, Nebraska.
She has been inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Nebraska Press Women's Hall of Fame.
She has acted in more than 100 plays and 2 movies.
She has been the featured speaker or emcee for hundreds of civic and social groups.
She is a licensed private pilot.
She is a former member of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE).
She is also one of the creators of the Star City Holiday Parade.
She has won city championships in horseshoe pitching, golf and bowling. A member of the Screen Actor's Guild, Drake serves on the boards of the University of Nebraska College of Fine and Performing Arts; UNL Alumni Association; Osher Life Long Learning Institute at UNL; Lincoln General Hospital Auxiliary; Mayor's Film Commission; Muscular Dystrophy Association; Lincoln Advertising Federation; Lincoln Community Playhouse; Theatre Arts for Youth; YMCA; The Salvation Army; 99's (Women pilots); Nebraskans for Public Television; Nebraska Public Radio; and many others.